Improvement in cultivators



H. n. GREEN.

CULTIVATOR.

No.170,549. Patented Nov. 30,1875.

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JNrTED STATES.

:PA'IElwr OFFICE HERMAN D. GREEN, OF ITHACA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TOFREEMAN, VALENTINE .85 GREEN, OF SAME PLAGE.

IMPROVEMENT IN CULTIVATORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 170,549, dated November30, 1875 application filed May 27, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN D. GREEN, of Ithaca, Tompkins county, NewYork, have invented an Improved Oorn-Gultivator, which is set forth inthe following specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawlngs.

My object is to' simplify, give stability and usefulness to thisimplement; and the nature of my invention will be apparent as I describeit.

Figure l is a side elevation of my corn-cultivator; Fig. 2, a rear Viewof the mode of supporting the hand-handles and hoes, and Fig. 3 a viewof the mode of holding the shovel-hoe to the arm which supports it.

In Fig. l, a is my cast-iron beam, which, for the purpose of explainingit, I shall consider as divided'into several parts or divisions, ofwhich a is the front or draft division, and b the shovel-hoe division,having the shovel-hoe c attached to its lower part. At lc, the highestpart of the curve connecting a and b, the hand-handles 7c k are fast tothe beam, and project backward and upward; and near their middle partthese handhandles are connected by the metallic crossbar f, to which barj', between its middle and the handles, the standards/i i are secured bybolts, and which standards have on their lower ends the rear hoes. Alittle below the place where the hand-handles 7c k are fast, as seen atlc, to the cast-iron beam, a rear arm or projection, b, extendsbackward, nearly horizontally, a short distance, when it divides intotwo parts, e and g. The

upper division e extends to the bar f, to the middle of which it isbolted, and thus, by this bar j', this arm e holds fast, first, thestandards i i', and. second, farther off on each side of it, at the endsof the bar f, the hand-handles 7c. The lower arm g extends from themiddle arm bf" downward and backward to a place midway between thestandards i i', whence either one or two bars, h h', extend on each sideof the end of the arm g to the standards t' i. Brace-rods b' b" extendfrom the arm b to the standards.

cultivator; and without the arm git also makes a very useful andserviceable corn-oultivator; and, hence, it is apparent that myinvention is not coniined to the arm g, as that can be easily dispensedwith, and yet my invention be not invalidated, as it is for the rigid,stout structure ot' a corn-cultivator that I have made my arm e.

The whole cast beam a is made in one piece, and consists of thedraft-arm a', the shovel-arm b, and the rear arm b, and its divisions eand g, and is cast in one part or piece or casting for the sake of thepeculiar rigidity, ease of handling, and freedom from complex parts.

It is apparent that the rear division g may be omitted, and acorn-cultivator of much utility is thus made, yet the full benefitcannot be had except by the use of both e and g. Hence, While I considerit best to use both divisions or arms'c and g, the advantages of myinvention are not confined to the use of both arms in one and the sameimplement. f

The shovel hoe c is fast to the division or arm b by the bolt 0l.- Wingsc are secured to the shovel-hoe c.

In Fig. 2, the plate e', cast as a part of, and onthe end of, the arm e,is seen with bolt, fastening the bar f to the arm e.

The other advantages and uses of my invention are apparent to thoseskilled in the art to which it appertains.

I claim- 1. The beam a, cast in one piece, and consisting of theextensions or parts a', b, e, and g, as shown and described.

2. The beam a, constructed as shown and desoribed.` in combination withthe cross bars hoes and their standards i, the arme supportf sind h,standards i i, and handles 7c 7c', am ing said rear standards near theirtop,` as set rannedsnbstantiaily as and for the purpose forth.

set forth. HERMAN D. GREEN.`

3. In a. shovel-oultivator, the beam a! b and Witnesses: arm e, east inone structure, in combination S. J. PARKER,

with their front shovel-plow, and the two rear A. M. LUCAS.

